Sid, Author at Sid and Doris Bonkers and their Epic Journeys

It’s all going south and east to Beaune

June 7, 2024 Sid Romin' or Tourin'

In which Sid and Doris drop down from Chateau-Chinon (Ville) and climb back up to come into Beaune through the Mersault and Pommard vineyards to stay at L’Imprimerie, that used to print clever labels for the finest wines (so that they could not be counterfeited).

It’s all going south, though up, to Chateau Chinon (ville).

June 5, 2024 Sid Romin' or Tourin'

In which Sid and Doris leave the Loire and visit a memorial to the French forces in fighting in Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria from 1952 to 1962.

It’s all going South to Nevers

June 4, 2024 Sid Romin' or Tourin'

In which Sid and Doris see at Bannay a church resulting from the Hundred Years War and the Wars of Religion as well as Nevers Cathedral, not quite repaired these 80 years.

It’s all going south to Belleville sur Loire

June 3, 2024 Sid Romin' or Tourin'

In which Sid and Doris see their first (close-up) Loire chateau and cross the river on the justly famous Pont Canal de Briare to stop at a workers’ Logis at Belleville.

It’s all going south, with a stay in Orleans

June 2, 2024 Sid Romin' or Tourin'

In which Sid and Doris ride to Orleans the town of La Pucelle, The Maid of Orleans, and stay in the splendid Hotel Abeille.

It’s all going south to Chartres

May 31, 2024 Sid Romin' or Tourin'

In which Sid and Doris follow in the footsteps of Lord Clark of Civilisation to Chartres.

It’s all going south to L’Aigle.

May 30, 2024 Sid Romin' or Tourin'

In which Sid and Doris have an early morning start, endure an enormous thunder and lightning storm (sheltering on an old railway line and in the Hotel Soleil D’Or) to reach L’Aigle after many rolling hills.